family 6: Math M. Davis (age 30),
Maggie Davis (30),
Edna M. Davis (7),
Broward Davis (5),
Thelma Davis (2) and
James M. Davis (7 mo). All were born in FL. Matt & Maggie have been married 8 years and have 4 children all living. Matt is a farmer, he can't remember where his parents were born. Maggie's parents were born in FL.

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Joseph Davis's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Joseph, his family, and friends. For example, Joseph is 5 years old when The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)

Age

Date

Event

2

1906

An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins.

13

1917

Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction.

24

1928

The Tamiami Trail opens. It opens the southernmost 275 miles of U.S. Highway 41 from State Road 60 in Tampa to U.S. Route 1 (SR 5) in Miami, Florida to tourist. It also destroys many of the Seminole Indian waterways and hinders their economy.

53

1957

The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government.

58

1962

The Seminole Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government.

75

1979

The sovereign status of the Seminole Indian Tribe allows it to establish the first gambling establishment in FL. It is a bingo hall located on their Hollywood, FL reservation.

Age

Date

Event

2

1906

Electrons are discovered by Thomson

2

1906

Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes

2

1906

The triode vacuum tube is invented

8

1912

The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.

9

1913

Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant

10

1914

The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed

19

1923

Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"

19

1923

Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes

20

1924

Insecticides are used for the first time on crops

22

1926

Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket

23

1927

The first television transmission was announced in England

24

1928

Big bang theory was introduced

32

1936

The first regular television broadcast happens in England

34

1938

Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission

42

1946

The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes

43

1947

Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor

47

1951

The first color television is introduced in the U.S.

48

1952

The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen.

53

1957

Sputnik is launched by the Soviets and becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It marks the beginning of the great "space race" between the Soviet Union and the U.S.

56

1960

The ruby laser was created by Maiman

58

1962

U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth

61

1965

The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union

67

1971

The first unmanned spacecraft hit Mars and was launched by the Soviet Union

70

1974

Discovery of "Lucy" in Africa, an almost complete hominid skeleton over 3 million years old, only 3 and a half feet tall but having adult teeth, a small brain, walked upright

71

1975

Invention of the CAT scanner (computerized axial tomography)

75

1979

First "test tube baby" from artificial insemination

77

1981

AIDS is identified by scientist; The first reusable space shuttle, Columbia, is sent into space.

Age

Date

Event

4

1908

NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile

8

1912

White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.

9

1913

NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures

13

1917

NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism.

15

1919

NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.

34

1938

NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic.

35

1939

NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States

37

1941

NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers.

46

1950

NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later.

51

1955

NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL.

56

1960

NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public

59

1963

NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.

65

1969

NEWS HEADLINES: In July, the U.S. becomes the first nation to land astronauts on the moon. Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to step on the lunar surface.

66

1970

NEWS HEADLINES: U.S. forces invade Cambodia and the Vietnam War continues to escalate. Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix die of drug overdoses. Four Kent State University students are killed during a Vietnam War protest.

73

1977

NEWS HEADLINES: Star Wars is released and becomes the biggest ticket selling movie of all time.

Age

Date

Event

5

1909

The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)

6

1910

Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area.

23

1927

Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.

25

1929

Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October

26

1930

Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.

28

1932

Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered.

29

1933

Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone!

30

1934

Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains.

30

1934

Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize.

31

1935

Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time.

35

1939

Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color.

39

1943

Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit.

40

1944

On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day")

41

1945

President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.

50

1954

The nationally televised McCarthy hearings lead to Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall; Segregation by race in schools is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; Congress adds the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and requires "In God We Trust" to appear on all American currency.

58

1962

The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba.

62

1966

The Black Panther party is founded.

63

1967

Martin Luther King leads an anti Vietnam protest in New York; The American Indian Movement is founded; Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King are assassinated; Three Apollo astronauts are killed in a fire on the launch pad.

67

1971

Charles Manson is found guilt of murder.

68

1972

Break-in at the Democratic headquarters sets of the Watergate Scandal.

69

1973

The Vietnam War peace pacts were signed in Paris and the last of the American forces finally leave Vietnam.

73

1977

Jimmy Carter, a Democrat from GA, is elected president.

77

1981

Ronald Reagan is elected president. He will serve two terms. (Republican)

Age

Date

Event

5

1909

The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe

10

1914

World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days.

13

1917

Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.

15

1919

The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.

16

1920

Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made.

34

1938

Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia.

35

1939

Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia. On Sept. 1st, Germany invades Poland. On Sept. 3rd, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II has begun.

41

1945

World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

The Children of Joseph Broward 'Buck' Davis

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